The governments of Brazil, Sierra Leone, and Switzerland convened the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies to fulfill the vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that all people should live in peaceful, just and inclusive societies which are free from fear and violence. The Pathfinders include member states, international organizations, and major partnerships and networks.

From 21st October 2016, ASA will produce every week, a new “institutional mapping” presented both on textual and visual manner (computer graphics), disseminated in French or in English via emails and social networks and readily accessible on the ASSN web site.

Mobilizing a network of African experts with daily close links with grassroots, ASA’s expertise highlight the influence of so-called informal standards and practices as well as the interactions of African states with non-state actors and local networks, through the following six poles:

Traditional authorities, community memberships and social solidarities / exclusions;

Religions and religious networks ;

Gender;

Informal security and justice;

Social change and emerging stakeholders;

Africa and transnational networks.

By innovating through the use of indicators most often disregarded and by the production of original documents, the ASA’s objective is threefold:

Support security and development policies formulation, based on a deeper understanding of local realities and trends in-depth structuring African societies;

Connect decision-makers with a new community of African experts.

Reinforce with new parameters watchdog and early warning systems, crisis prevention and conflict resolution.

On 11 October 2016, the International Day of the Girl, the Gender and Diversity Hub (G&D Hub) launched its brand new website. Since 2015, the G&D Hub has been working to inform and raise awareness on issues of gender and diversity in the security sector, aimed to foster inclusive peace and security policy, research, and practice. To do so, it has been organising trainings, events, and public discussions as well as providing gender and diversity-related advice to stakeholders in International Geneva.The Maison de la Paix (MdP) Gender and Diversity Hub is a collaborative effort of six Geneva-based organisations.

The DCAF Ukraine Democratic Security Sector Governance Website is part of the "Ukraine Security Sector Governance Best Practice and Monitoring Platforms"
project implemented in cooperation with the Razumkov Centre and funded by the Netherlands.

The objective of the website is to provide easy access to information, tools and resources necessary for establishing and maintaining democratic security sector governance in Ukraine. The website is structured around six main topics and six main actors, and notably provides a valuable Best Practices section. It is also currently being translated into Ukrainian.